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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Winston Allen Saunders, Seattle, WA (US);
Christian L. Belady, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Redmond, WA (US);
Hitesh Ballani, Redmond, WA (US);
Paolo Costa, Redmond, WA (US);
Douglas M. Carmean, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of node optical transceivers that are electrically coupled to at least some of the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of router optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications with the plurality of node optical transceivers. Each node optical transceiver among the plurality of node optical transceivers can have a corresponding router optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the node optical transceiver. The system can also include a router that is coupled to the plurality of router optical transceivers. The router can be configured to route the free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes.